Typo costs NYC transit system $250,000: report

The ROI of proofreading.

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New York City transit officials printed 80,000 subway maps that listed the wrong minimum cost of a pay-per-ride card—$4.50 instead of $5. Recently, the city’s transit authority hiked the price for the card by 50 cents.

Officials reportedly panicked and pulled the maps.

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